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An Ascent, An End
That which stuns, awes...looking at a wall within the Kawa Karpo range Skies, snow and peaks have replaced moss-laden trees and the mind...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 27, 20116 min read
Slips and Stones…
Mornings can ease in or they bump in. I wake in Gebo and have somehow managed to roll not only off of my matt but make it a good three...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 23, 20116 min read
Prostration and the Town of Thieves
Mountains and the worship of them are everywhere along the route Jana is one of those towns that looks to be embarrassed with itself,...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 21, 20116 min read
A Devil’s River of Heat
Another of the faces that stay with me. A nomadic pilgrim, having just dunked her head in a stream wipes the remnants off. Toughness in...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 16, 20115 min read
A Beast, A Saint and Perpetual Movement
Drolma's energy and abilities to create from nothing a sumptuous meal, made her one of our saints It is about movement. This circle of...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 11, 20116 min read
A Rock and The Pass
The first night of sleep is under an enormous rock which overhangs our informal outdoor space. A huge sacred rock covered in money,...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 8, 20116 min read
First Steps and a Phalanx of Bodies
In their wonderfully tangible way mountains introduce, stymie and beckon. Heading northwest from Gyalthang (Zhongdian) through rows of...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 7, 20114 min read
Returned from Kawa Karpo Kora
Snow, pilgrims with tireless feet, endless spirit and mountains that one bows to every day…and the odd cup of tea. Posts of the journey...
Jeff Fuchs
Nov 5, 20111 min read
Kawa Karpo Sacred Mountain Trek – October-November 2011
The main peak of Kawa Karpo (Meili Snow Mountain) in northwestern Yunnan “It is when the mountains sigh, that the world is tested”...
Jeff Fuchs
Oct 20, 20112 min read
A Nomadic Mountain and a Yak God – Genyen and Brongri
One of the memorable faces that reside close to five kilometres in the sky near Genyen Brongri is a mountain god that is only called upon...
Jeff Fuchs
Oct 20, 20115 min read
A bus, A Cherub and More Hills
A young nomadic boy in a rare moment of silent intent Gansa is no more – back to Xining and onto one of those bizarre 15 hour bus rides...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 24, 20116 min read
Mr. Lu’s Dong Ding – A Flight of Taiwanese Fancy in Qinghai
One of the many dreamscape tea vistas of Taiwan, where fogs permeate everything and wander at will Days of wandering the mountains and...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 22, 20118 min read
Horses, Blue and a Rail
Qinghai or for the Tibetans, Amdo – Michael and I have entered from the eastern Gansu border by that ‘everywhere’ mode of transportation...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 17, 20114 min read
Jeff Fuchs to headline “Explore” Series at Bookworm in Beijing
One of the very special 'lados' (muleteers), whose memories alone keep alive the ancient tales of life along the great trade routes...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 5, 20111 min read
The Way of Heights
A sight and activity repeated twice daily – milking. Tibetan tents and compounds are usually erected facing east…and the rising sun...
Jeff Fuchs
Aug 5, 20113 min read
Yaks, Creases and Nomads
The calm force that is Songjem The man we pick up in Nyimalung has the calm eyes and weathered face that the mountains create and sculpt...
Jeff Fuchs
Jul 31, 20114 min read
Gansu – Towards the Hills
Michael and I are back in our beloved hinterlands driving deep into the nomadic territories of Gansu province. Continuing my travels into...
Jeff Fuchs
Jul 26, 20112 min read
Mountain Passes – A Mountain’s Memories
Peaks and mountain spires often steal the dreams and minds – with billowing snow-encrusted lines, thin-aired risks and altitude numbers...
Jeff Fuchs
Jul 6, 20114 min read
Amne Machin Farewell – A Descent
Early morning wind upon an Amne Machin ridge Looking at the sky we see fierce white monotones and wind’s power, below in front of us on...
Jeff Fuchs
Jun 6, 20114 min read
The Fight and the Turn Right – Amne Machin
So often it is the elders who remember tales through their time spent recounting orally the comings and goings of the past. Here Amne...
Jeff Fuchs
May 31, 20116 min read
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